करुणा नंदी - CJI पर यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SnS5nxHHXE

COMMUNITY AND SEXUALITY by Chayanika Shah

COMMUNITY AND SEXUALITY: LEARNING A POLITICS OF UNBELONGING

• July 1, 2017
 
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After writing the words “Community and Sexuality” as the working title of this piece, I attempted to begin writing many times, but kept getting stuck at “community” and its meaning. I kept coming back to this common phrase that we hear often in conversations, “hamare yahaan…”, “hum logon mein…”,[1] or the many variations of the same. To me the act and ability to say these phrases comes from that sense of a community, and a belonging to it. And as I thought about this further, I came to see why it was becoming so difficult for me to write. These are phrases that I do not use. Often because they just don’t apply and mainly because they create a notion of othering which fractures a larger sense of community. Dr Ambedkar referred to this larger sense of community as fraternity, in the Constitution, and said that it was crucial for the idea of a nation in a society divided by caste. I do not believe in the concept of “a” nation but I do believe in something else uniting us in a sense of community beyond the accident of our birth.

Shamsia Hassani, First Female Graffiti Artist in The Streets of Kabul by Maurane Dierckx

Everybody knows a place where graffiti is present. Buildings, bridges, train stations etc. But did you ever think about graffiti being placed on war scarred walls? No? Me neither but this is the work of Shamsia Hassani.

Status of Gender Equality in India - PLD

 http://pldindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Status-of-Gender-Equality-in-India-Joint-Stakeholders-Report-UPR3-2012-16.pdf

The New Vicks Ad Featuring a Transwoman and Her Daughter Hits All the Right Spots By Sharanya Gopinathan

Still from Vicks India Youtube.

Maybe we’re a little late to the party, but have you seen the new Vicks ad? It hits all the right spots, both aesthetically and in terms of social sensitivity. It’s based on a true story, of a girl whose biological mother died of HIV/AIDS when she was six years old, after which she was adopted by a trans woman. As Buzzfeed points out, the ad attemps to normalise trans motherhood, and does it really nicely.

The Women in India Fighting for the Right to Pee by Chryselle D'Silva Dias

In both large cities to rural villages, the obstacles to clean public restrooms for women in India range from filthy conditions to unaffordable fees to the threat of sexual assault.

Let transgender people use any public toilet they prefer, Centre tells Swachh Bharat Mission

The ministry of sanitation asked its affiliate to ensure that they are recognised as equal citizens and are able to 'use facilities without embarrasment'.

Asif Hassan/AFP (Representative image)

The Centre has issued guidelines to the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) saying transgender people must be allowed use public toilets designated for both men and women, depending on their choice. The statement asked the mission to ensure that members of the transgender community are recognised as equal citizens.